Eight (8) Charles Dickens related books. 1st-2nd items: SKETCHES BY "BOZ," Vol. I-II, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by George Cruikshank, published by John Macrone, London, 1836. Hardcover 12mos, 690 top edge gilt pages with fourteen plates. 3rd item: SKETCHES BY "BOZ," Second Series, First Edition, Second Issue, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by George […]
Lot 1007: 5 Jane Austen Novels, G. Routledge & Sons, Ltd., ca. 1890-92
Five (5) Jane Austen novels, including one (1) PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, one (1) SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, one (1) MANSFIELD PARK, one (1) EMMA, and one (1) NORTHANGER ABBEY and PERSUASION, published by George Routledge and Sons, Limited, London, Manchester, and New York, printed by Woodfall and Kinder, London, ca. 1890-92. Hardcover 12mos, 2,098 total top […]
Lot 1008: Dickens, Twist & Copperfield, 1st Eds., 4 items
Four (4) Charles Dickens First Editions, including Oliver Twist and David Copperfield. 1st-3rd items: OLIVER TWIST, First Edition, Vol. I-III, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1838. Hardcover octavos, 953 total top edge gilt pages with frontispieces and twenty-one plates, Dickens' name on title pages, Vol. III with […]
Lot 1004: 2 Don West Books, incl. Inscribed Crab Grass
Two (2) Don West First Edition books. 1st item: Author signed and inscribed, CRAB GRASS, First Edition, by Don West, illustrated by Julius Lee Rayford, published by The Art Print Shop, Nashville, 1931. 16mo, 50 pages with woodblock frontispiece and title page vignette, hardbound in navy blue cloth with gilt stamping and lettering to front […]
Lot 1005: Dickens, 3 Novels, 1st. Eds.
Three (3) Charles Dickens Novels, including The Pickwick Papers, Little Dorrit, and Bleak House. 1st item: THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by R. Seymour and Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1837. Hardcover octavo, 609 top gilt edge pages with frontispiece, vignette, and […]
Lot 1001: 3 European Wax Seals, incl. Figural Forms
Three (3) European seals, including figural forms. 1st item: Seal with carved topper depicting the bust of a woman with upswept hair, pink hardstone body, and brass plated base incised with heraldry crest having squirrel, dogs, and banner with NIL SINE DEO (Nothing without God) motto. 4 3/4" H x 1 5/8" W x 1" […]
Lot 1002: 3 Winnie The Pooh Books, incl. UK 1st Ed.
Three (3) Winnie the Pooh books, including one (1) First Edition. 1st item: Winnie the Pooh, First Edition, by Alan Alexander Milne with illustrations by Ernest Howard Shepard, published by Methuen and Company, Ltd. London, 1926. Hardcover octavo, 158 top edge gilt pages with illustrations, hardbound in green cloth with stamped gilt pictorial front cover […]
Lot 1003: Irving, Works & Life and Letters of Irving, 19 Vols., c. 1860-66
Nineteen (19) volumes of Washington Irving's Works. 1st-16th items: THE WORKS OF WASHINGTON IRVING, Vol. I-XVI, New Edition, Revised, published by G.P. Putnam, New York, 1860-61. 17th-19th items: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WASHINGTON IRVING, Vol. I-III, edited by Pierre M. Irving, published by G. P. Putnam, New York, 1866. All items hardcover 12mos, marble […]
Lot 999: Art Deco Bronze Lamp and Inkwells plus Vase (3 items)
1st item: Art Deco bronze table lamp and inkwell, consisting of a stepped base with a single bulb, a rectangular clear glass divider and an inkwell with figural deer finial to the cover. Underside of base marked AKTA BRONS. 10" H (w/glass) x 8" W. Circa 1920's, European. 2nd item: European gilt bronze double inkwell […]
Lot 1000: 2 Tartanware Boxes, Playing Card Case & Sewing Thread Box
Two (2) Victorian Scottish Tartan Ware Boxes. 1st item: Unusual tartan pattern paper covered Playing Card case in the form of a book; top slides to reveal a deck of cards inside; the exterior with decoration of 3 cards and pattern label CALEDONIA. 4 1/2"H. 2nd item: Thread box of lobed form with divided interior […]